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Los Angeles Times: Opinion: Modern high school math should be about data science — not Algebra 2
Los Angeles Times: Opinion: Modern high school math should be about data science — not Algebra 2

Thanks to the information revolution, a stunning 90% of the data created by humanity has been generated in just the past two years.

Yet the math taught in U.S. schools hasn’t materially changed since Sputnik was sent into orbit in the late 1950s. Our high school students are taught algebra, geometry, a second year of algebra, and calculus (for the most advanced students) because Eisenhower-era policymakers believed this curriculum would produce the best rocket scientists to work on projects during the Cold War.

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Education, Higher Education, Maths, Media ArticleSarah NorrisLando EducationLos Angeles Times, maths, Modern High School Maths, Hig Svhool, education, data, USA, FreakonomicsComment
The Guardian: Sesame Street takes on opioids crisis as muppet's mother battles addiction
The Guardian: Sesame Street takes on opioids crisis as muppet's mother battles addiction

Creators introduce bright-green Karli: ‘Nothing else out there addresses substance abuse for young kids from their perspective’

Sesame Street is taking a new step to help American kids navigate the thornier parts of life in America: the opioids crisis.

Sesame Workshop is exploring the backstory of Karli, a bright green, yellow-haired friend of Elmo’s whose mother is battling addiction.

Sesame Street creators said they turned to the issue of addiction since data shows 5.7m children under the age of 11 live in households with a parent with substance use disorder. America’s opioid crisis has grown steadily worse in recent years. The Department of Health and Human Services reported 10.3 million people misused opioid prescriptions last year, and an average of 130 people die every day from opioid-related drug overdoses.

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Family, Media ArticleSarah NorrisLando EducationSesame Street, Media Article, children TV, children, USA, American kidsComment